Interviewing a Factory Owner in China [VIDEO] (Patreon)

We had the chance to tour a small factory in near Shenzhen on our China trip and afterwards we got to sit down and ask him some questions.

Recorded on: March 28, 2026

TOPICS:

0:00 - How did you start?

5:12 - Picking a niche

8:10 - Covid

12:45 - Automated systems

15:54 - Shipping delays

17:26 - Dealing with Covid Restrictions

18:14 - The effect of US Tariffs

20:36 - Transshipment

24:30 - How China's change has affected him over the years

28:07 - Environmental Standards and Surveillance

31:11 - Overall sentiment on AI

37:35 - Government and Companies

38:30 - Hong Kong and China

43:24 - Future outlook

47:23 - Differences between US and China

54:43 - Outro